Originally Posted by
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Why automatic off-sets, above a certain altitude, are not built into FMS is a complete mystery to me; and an industry disgrace. The people who designed these things must surely have known how accurate they would be in service – together with altimeters to the nearest inch. Surely they had the combined wit to consider this. In fact, why didn’t the airlines query the likelihood of a combined bull’s eye at 35,000 feet?
And what about the certification people? Didn’t anyone ever ask ‘What happens if........?’ Astonishing!
Anyone care to reveal if their own airline insists on offsets in the cruise?
Sorry, but I think Offset in radar coverage is no sense, never heard of it Think if everybody fly offset in the New York area!
This is done in remote, non radar, non controlled areas and in the RVSM if you are following another aircraft, same direction with altitudes different 1000 feet, to avoid wake turbulence.